Index of Medieval Art

The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes


Calendar of Saints and Feasts for May 16


Alexander of Jerusalem.

Bishop of Jerusalem. Confessor under Decius.

Synax.CP, May 16, par. 5 (col. 689).

BiblSS I 783-4; Fedalto 1000; Holweck 45.

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, east wall. Martyrdom, beheading. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 279, fig. 9).


Neadius Thaumaturgus.

Monk. Wonder worker.

Synax.CP, May 16, par. 7 (col. 689).

Holweck 265.

Dečani. Narthex, north aisle, west bay, vault. Neadius? Monk. Half-figure. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 230, fig. T VII 8; Mijović, Menolog, p. 338, fig. 46; Petković, Dečani, p. 17).